George Murchison

George Murchison was a wealthy African-American from Chicago, Illinois.

Biography
George Murchison was born in Chicago, Illinois to a wealthy and assimilated African-American family, and he was raised in the white culture; he spoke with an upper-class accent and dressed in expensive clothing. In 1959, he dated Beneatha Younger, who came from a working-class family, and he drove her around in a fancy car and took her to expensive dinners. However, she broke up with him after he criticized her for wearing traditional Nigerian clothing, for having her hair curled up in the natural manner, and for her Black Power views. Beneatha disliked his "smarter than thou" attitude, and she ultimately married Joseph Asagai and went with him to Nigeria.